DWC with rockwool

snicol

Active Member

• Dec 2, 2011

• #1

I kinda screwed up and vegged in rockwool, as opposed to hydroton. (first grow some im semi lost) will rockwool be ok in my DWC setup or should I try to do surgery and move them to my hydroton pots?

 

lordjin

Well-Known Member

• Dec 2, 2011

• #2

You can't just plop your rockwool cube in a bed of hydroton? That's how it's commonly done.

 

VoidObject

DWC/Bubbleponics Mod

• Dec 2, 2011

• #3

Rockwool is fine, just don't let it sit in water.

 

snicol

Active Member

• Dec 2, 2011

• #4

Well its a DWC setup so the rockwool will have to be semi-submerged the whole time.
And no I cant plop it in hydroton because the rockwool takes up the whole netpot. (4 in rockwool 4 in netpot)
So again will my rockwool be ok submerged throughout flower?

 

lordjin

Well-Known Member

• Dec 2, 2011

• #5

snicol said:

Well its a DWC setup so the rockwool will have to be semi-submerged the whole time.
And no I cant plop it in hydroton because the rockwool takes up the whole netpot. (4 in rockwool 4 in netpot)
So again will my rockwool be ok submerged throughout flower?

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^^^^See VoidObject's comment above.

 

snicol

Active Member

• Dec 2, 2011

• #6

So I fucked up is what your saying

 

VoidObject

DWC/Bubbleponics Mod

• Dec 2, 2011

• #7

VoidObject said:

Rockwool is fine, just don't let it sit in water.

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As in, it can be an inch above the water and do great..

 

lordjin

Well-Known Member

• Dec 2, 2011

• #8

snicol said:

So I fucked up is what your saying

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I don't think so. Right, Void?

 

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jakefresh

Member

• Dec 2, 2011

• #9

if the roots arent poking thru the bottom carefully tear away excess rockwool from the bottom and sides, I use 4x4 in rockwool in a 6 inch net pot and its a tight squeeze.

 

snicol

Active Member

• Dec 2, 2011

• #10

Thanks jake thats what I was thinking about doing, just needed to hear that it can be done.

 

VoidObject

DWC/Bubbleponics Mod

• Dec 2, 2011

• #11

lordjin said:

I don't think so. Right, Void?

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No I didn't think so either lol..

I think the OP may have just gotten a little confused XD

 

VoidObject

DWC/Bubbleponics Mod

• Dec 2, 2011

• #12

Be careful at tearing away rockwool-- I barely like to touch that stuff once it's in the DWC. If you keep moving the seedlings around they definitely won't root.